InspectEx - Illuminex AI [ILA Berlin 2026]

I’m Brian Freed, the CEO of Illuminex AI.We are building practical solutions that leverage AI to enhance the maintenance and safety of airfields by using AI to augment human inspections.One of the challenges of the inspections, if you think about it, are things like foreign object and debris,so small pieces of debris that can be ingested by a plane, cause major damage, and are a significant safety hazard.But an airfield could be the equivalent of 800 soccer fields and you’re looking for a golf ball sized object while traveling 30 miles an hour.And so AI can really help to address that issue.We have a range of different products that target different inspections.  Our most mature product is the font detector.It detects foreign objects or debris on the runway and alerts drivers in real time so that they can quickly resolve it.We have another product that analyzes the quality of the airfield surface that makes sure that there are no large cracksand analyzes existing cracks and defects over time to make sure that things will aren’t broken too quickly.  This allows airports to more proactively maintain their surface, which is their most valuable asset.  We have a runway incursion warning system that will warn inspectors from entering runways without taking the proper precautions.And we have a digital twin solution that can be used to train new drivers to navigate your family’s car.So I think the the message I would like to say for the future is, one of the challenges with technology for the airfield isit’s really only been the largest airports that could participate in the past.One of the things that AI is doing, it’s democratizing technology.We have technology deployed at some of the largest airports down to GA airports where there’s only two or three aircraft movements a day.And so we see AI as something that can really democratize technology across the breadth of the airport world.You can find us on LinkedIn, we’re called Illuminex AI.Or you can find us at https://www.illuminex.ai/fod-ai